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| 背面描述 | The reverse displays an emblematic Australian coat of arms rendered in the colonial style, supported by an emu to the left and a kangaroo to the right, both facing inward toward the shield. The quartered shield bears pastoral and maritime symbols including a bull, a ram, a sheaf of wheat, and a ship, with a rising sun radiating rays above the crest. A flowing ribbon beneath the supporters carries the legend ADVANCE AUSTRALIA. The upper field bears the motto PEACE & PLENTY arcing along the periphery within a beaded border, framing the patriotic heraldic composition in a manner typical of mid-nineteenth-century Australian tradesmen's tokens engraved by W.J. Taylor. |
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| 背面铭文 | PEACE & PLENTY ADVANCE AUSTRALIA |
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T.F. Merry and Co. operated a general store in Toowoomba during the 1860s, a period when the Queensland colonial government had not yet resolved the chronic shortage of small-denomination currency plaguing inland towns. Merchants across the colony turned to privately issued trade tokens as a practical solution, commissioning them from British manufacturers — most commonly the Birmingham firm of John Heaton & Sons — who supplied the bulk of Australian colonial copper.
The Andrews, Renniks, and Gray listings place this among the documented Queensland merchant issues, a category that saw heavy attrition through actual commerce rather than hoarding.